Ireland Crime

Named as

Victim

Offences

Assault

Where

Co. Donegal

Reporting

2 reports, 13 Mar 2024 to 16 Mar 2024

Outlets

donegallive.ie

• Man sentenced for assault on prison officer and Garda in Letterkenny Assault · Co. Donegal

  Glen Friel, 25, set fire to his sister Linda's rented home at Straleeny, Killybegs, Donegal, on 22 April 2020 after she refused to give him money for drugs. He pleaded guilty at Letterkenny Circuit Court in March 2024 and was sentenced to five years in prison with the final two years suspended. After the sentence was passed, he head-butted and spat on a prison officer and kicked and hit a Garda sergeant in the courtroom on 14 March 2024. He was charged with two counts of assault and sentenced at Falcarragh District Court in June 2025 to six months in prison, to be served consecutively.

  Sentenced, 16 Mar 2024Victim · 2 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 16 Mar2024
   Sentenceddonegallive.ie, in Man sentenced for assault on prison officer and Garda in Letterkenny

   Irate jailed man restrained and forcibly removed from Donegal Circuit Court

   victim, Conal Doherty, male, irish (judged from name)Conal Doherty♂IE
2. 13 Mar2024
   In courtdonegallive.ie, in Man sentenced for assault on prison officer and Garda in Letterkenny

   Man who asked sister to sell her body to fund his drug habit in Letterkenny court

   victim, Conal Doherty, male, irish (judged from name)Conal Doherty♂IE

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